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The UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) The UK RD
Roadmap for Marine Renewable Energy.

• Markus Mueller, Henry Jeffrey, Robin Wallace
• UK Energy Research Centre
• University of Edinburgh

UK Energy Research Centre
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Presentation Structure

• Introduction to UKERC
• Approach to road-mapping
• Landscape and funding analysis
• Route forward Research priorities
• Summary.

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Presentation Structure

• Introduction to UKERC
• Approach to road-mapping
• Landscape and funding analysis
• Route forward Research priorities
• Summary.

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Background and Mission

• It is UKERC's mission to be the UK's pre-eminent
  centre of research and source of authoritative
  information on sustainable energy systems.
• Be a networking centre to bring together
  government, industry and academia, facilitate
  collaboration and promote UK participation in
  international projects
• Budget of 14 Million over 5 years

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Where are we?
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Aims objectives UKERC Marine Network

• To prioritise research activity and overcome the
  gaps in knowledge in Marine Renewable Energy
• To influence research funding strategies in
  Energy Research.(EPSRC 70 million PA/5 years)
• To encourage closer collaboration between
  academic research groups and technology
  developers and others outside of the existing
  Marine Energy Community
• To create a Research Road-Map or Research Atlas
  for the Marine Renewable Energy Community up to
  2020.

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Presentation Structure

• Introduction to UKERC
• Approach
• Landscape and funding analysis
• Route forward Research
• priorities
• Learning investments
• Summary.

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What is a roadmap

• Future planning tool
• Focus and target funding
• Prioritise commercial and technical
• challenges
• Consensus-based, interdisciplinary and dynamic
  (living document)
• Accelerate development and cost reduction

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Who are the clients for a Marine Energy roadmap ?

• Marine renewable energy community
• Technology developers
• Project developers
• Research sector
• Policy Makers
• National devolved/Fed, Provincial governments
• EU government/International
• Funders of RD
• Commercial Investors
• Supply Chain

www.ukerc.ac.uk
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Road Map Methodology Batelle Approach

• Step 1 Vision Statement
• Step 2 Analyse current Landscape.
• Step 3 Route and destination
• Deployment Scenario
• Commercial Strategy
• Technical Strategy
• Consensus based, Workshops, and delphi
  interviews

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Marine Technology Roadmap Vision Statement

• To exploit energy from waves and tidal currents
  in a sustainable way aiming for an installed
  capacity of 2GW by 2020 (UK).
• To stimulate policy and funding instruments to
  overcome barriers to deployment.
• To establish a commercially viable industry
  supported by a supply chain that can compete with
  other energy sources by 2020.

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Presentation Structure

• Introduction to UKERC
• Approach to road-mapping
• Landscape and funding analysis
• Route forward Research
• priorities
• Learning investments
• Summary.

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UKERC Research Landscape Document

• Overview/Where we are now
• Capabilities Assessment
• Basic and Applied Research
• Development Demonstration
• UK Research Facilities
• Networks (UK EU)
• Who is doing what!
• www.ukerc.ac.uk

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Public Funding of Marine Energy since 1990 in UK

• Committed Funds 151.9m
• BERR (TSB, DTI) 75.4m (inc 50m Marine
  Deployment Fund)
• Carbon Trust 9.8m
• Scottish Executive 13m
• SWRDA, PRIMARE 15m
• SWRDA, WAVEHUB 21.5m
• UK Research Council (EPSRC) Funding
• 1990 1999 2.3m
• 2000 - present 6.8m
• Includes 2.6m Supergen Marine
• Total of 50 projects
• 17 UK Universities funded
• Supergen Marine Phase 2, Sept 2007, 5.5m

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UK EPSRC Research Funding since 1990
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Presentation Structure

• Introduction to UKERC
• Approach to road-mapping
• Landscape and funding analysis
• Route forward Research
• priorities
• Learning investments
• Summary.

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Strategies and Scenarios Batelle Approach
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Deployment Scenario
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Current Future Deployment Progress
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Policy, Funding Deployment
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Commercial Strategy

• Research Development (RD)
• Capacity Building
• Infrastructure
• Test Facilities, Manufacturing, Electrical Grid,
  Installation Deployment
• Operation Maintenance, Supply Chain
• Environment Community
• Site Resource Assessment, Environmental Impact,
  Community Engagement
• Planning
• Standards
• Market
• Policy
• Finance
• Knowledge Transfer

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Deployment Scenario Commercial Strategy
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Technical Strategy

• Resource Modelling
• Device modelling
• Experimental Testing
• Moorings Sea bed attachments
• Electrical Infrastructure
• Power Take Off and Control
• Engineering Design
• Lifecycle Manufacturing
• Installation, OM
• System Performance/Simulation
• Environmental
• Standards

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Deployment Scenario Technical Strategy
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Technical Strategy Electrical Infrastructure
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Major Challenges

• Planning Issues
• Manufacturing Infrastructure
• Environmental issues
• Electrical Grid Infrastructure - onshore
  offshore
• Survivability
• Installation, OM
• Moorings Sea Bed Foundations
• Structural materials for marine renewables
• Financing
• Human resource training young engineers
• All 3 streams dependant

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Presentation Structure

• Introduction to UKERC
• Approach to road-mapping
• Landscape and funding analysis
• Route forward Research
• priorities
• Summary.

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Summary

• The UKERC Marine technology roadmap provides a
  focussed and coherent strategy for all
  stakeholders towards a target of a UK 2GW
  installed capacity by 2020
• The roadmap is based upon consensus agreed
  through workshops, interviews and questionnaire
  over 100 participants
• The roadmap is a living document, which will
  evolve with time according to technology
  advances, changes in policy, an understanding of
  the environment and funding opportunities.

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Conclusion

• Users technology developers, project developers,
  national devolved government, EU government,
  investors (public and private), the supply chain,
  consultants and academics.
• First port of call to accelerate development and
  cost reduction.
• There is an aspiration that the core technical
  aspect of the roadmap could be applied to any
  country requiring only modifications to take into
  account policy, environmental and infrastructure
  changes.

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Questions ?

• Thank you for your attention
• For more information
• website www.ukerc.ac.uk
• Contacts Markus.Mueller_at_ed.ac.uk
• Henry.Jeffrey_at_ed.ac.uk
• Robin.Wallace_at_ed.ac.uk